music...
Everybody and their kid sister will tell you, "I like all kinds of music," so I won't say that. In fact, there are whole genres of music that I'm not a big fan of. And of course there is plenty of music that I could take or leave - music that I wouldn't pay money to hear, but also wouldn't necessarily switch the radio station when it comes on. However, that sort of music is categorized by artist rather than genre, so I won't list any examples.

Rather than continue to blather on about the music I don't like, I figured it would be more worthwhile to talk about music I do like. I don't have any one favorite band - I tend to go through times when I listen to a lot of a single album, artist, or music type. So instead I'm going to write a few Top 5 lists (I'm too lazy to think of 10) to give you a better idea of my musical tastes.

Hey, I Know That Guy: Music my friends make

Who are We Listening To: Top 5 albums by artists you've probably never heard of but should check out
  1. Kevin Gilbert, Thud (kinda prog, kinda pop, but definitely rock)
  2. Deep Forest, Music Detected (electronic with heavy Eastern influence)
  3. Jim's Big Ego, They're Everywhere (unpop for the unpopulous)
  4. Moxy Fruvous, Bargainville (folk rock)
  5. Plum, Trespassing (alternative pop)
I Didn't Know They Wrote That: Top 5 albums by artists by whom you only know one or two songs, but should get to know better
  1. Blind Melon, Soup (mid-90s hippy rock)
  2. They Might Be Giants, Lincoln, or better yet, Then: The Earlier Years (uh...art rock, maybe?)
  3. Pet Shop Boys, Actually (technodancesynthpop)
  4. Rammstein, Sehnsucht (German heavy metal)
  5. Portishead, Dummy (alternative, slow, almost gothy)
Oh Yeah, Them: Top 5 albums by artists you've almost definitely heard of
  1. Ben Folds Five, Whatever and Ever Amen (piano rock)
  2. R.E.M., Green (folk pop)
  3. Seal, Seal IV (pop)
  4. The Cranberries, No Need To Argue (mid-90s alternative)
  5. Collective Soul, Dosage (rock)
Guilty Pleasures: Top 5 albums I'm almost ashamed to admit liking, much less owning
  1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Coming Out of Their Shells
  2. Matchbox 20, Mad Season
  3. Erasure, I Say I Say I Say
  4. *Nsync, No Strings Attached
  5. Richard Marx, Repeat Offender
Note: Bryan Adams is definitely a guilty pleasure, but I don't actually own any of his albums
I Remember Liking Them: Top 5 bands who blew their wad on their first album
  1. nine inch nails, Pretty Hate Machine
  2. Pearl Jam, Ten
  3. Counting Crows, August and Everything After
  4. Soul Coughing, Ruby Vroom
  5. Moby, Play
A Broader Scope: Top 5 genres
  1. Mid-90s alternative modern rock
  2. Electronica (techno/trance/ambient but not house)
  3. Heavy metal/industrial/goth
  4. More recent and current modern rock
  5. 80s
Last but Not Least
Last Modified: May 28, 2007
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